Circulating leptin and adiponectin, and breast density in premenopausal Mexican women the Mexican Teachers’ Cohort

• Published in: Cancer causes & control Vol. 28; no. 9; pp. 939 - 946
• Main Authors: Dossus, L., Rinaldi, S., Biessy, C., Hernandez, M., Lajous, M., Monge, A., Ortiz-Panozo, E., Yunes, E., Lopez-Ridaura, R., Torres-Mejía, G., Romieu, I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer Science + Business Media 01.09.2017; Springer International Publishing; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adiponectin; Adiponectin - blood; Adipose tissue; Adiposity; Adult; Aged; Biomarkers; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Body mass; Breast cancer; Breast Density; Cancer Research; Cohort Studies; Epidemiology; Female; Hematology; Humans; Immunoassays; Leptin; Leptin - blood; Mammography; Mexico; Middle Aged; Obesity; Obesity - blood; Oncology; ORIGINAL PAPER; Premenopause - blood; Public Health; Quartiles; School Teachers; Statistical analysis; Strata; Teachers; Teaching methods; Obesity; Mammographic density; Premenopausal women; Leptin; Adiponectin

Purpose Leptin and adiponectin are produced by the adipose tissue. Mammographic density (MD) is one of the strongest predictors of breast cancer (BC) and is highly influenced by adiposity. How the interplay between MD, obesity, and obesity-related biomarkers influences BC risk, however, is still unk...